Hillcrest Forest Neighborhood Association
The Hillcrest Forest neighborhood rated "Best in the Park Cities & North Dallas Area" by Dallas Morning News
Kramer Elementary expansion
Our neighborhood public school will soon have a new wing with 12 new class rooms, to open in the fall of 2024. It will be on the east end of the building (Tunica Drive), where the playground is. The playground will be relocated to the north side of the building, next to the paved basketball area. The playground will still be accessible to the neighborhood after hours and on weekends.
A small administrative area will be added near the front door, and the portable buildings in the rear will finally go away! To see detailed plans, click here.
Please support our neighborhood with your membership
in our Association. Just $15.
If you live south of Forest Lane, east of Hillcrest Road, be sure to add a membership for the
5 Star ENP private patrols.
All memberships are through 12/31/23!
The Apartments proposed on LBJ from Preston to Hillcrest
Our Association engaged in a 6-month "635 Corridor" study to guide future land uses on the south LBJ service road, from Preston Road to Hillcrest, which is now mostly 2-story offices. Hillcrest Forest residents strongly opposed apartments there.
The study's final recommendation: Low-density residential, low-rise offices, light retail, and green space that preserves the residential nature of our elegant community.
Details here.
Click to see the great photos of our Hillcrest Forest
4th of July Parade!
Vintage cars, kids on bikes, patriotic pets, a Dallas Fire Truck, and
red-white-and-blue everywhere!
Our TWO neighborhood Security Patrols
South of Forest Lane, East of Hillcrest Road:
The 5 Star ENP Patrol
Over a 2/3 reduction in reported crime in the last 4 years!
&
North of Forest Lane:
The Churchill Way Patrol
In both areas, patrols are by uniformed, off-duty Dallas Police officers in Dallas police cars, and by armed, uniformed private security in marked patrol vehicles.
Click the links for more information.
Click for photos of the Tornado that hit here on October 20, 2019
An estimated 20+ homes were destroyed, and dozens more damaged.
Thankfully, no one was injured or killed.
Arthur Kramer Elementary's certification as an elite International Baccalaureat school appeared in the Dallas Morning News. The story
Hillcrest Forest reaches zoning deal with
Alcuin School
After a year of negotiations, the school agreed to new restrictions and offered $1,000,000 to the neighborhood for the Churchill Way Security Patrols.
Full details here.
Hillcrest Forest
Members fund a rest area on the Northaven Trail
120 of our members collectively donated over $10,000 to fund a beautiful 3-bench seating area on the Northaven Trail, the hike & bike park that runs through our neighborhood.
Our association donated an additional $2,500 to the Trail for general improvements.
The Northaven Trail is forever, and those 3 massive stone benches will be there for a very long time.
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Updated 3/17/2023
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Bruce Wilke, President